Histórias, memórias, educação e (r)existências: entre saberes e fazeres do/no Quilombo de Bailique Centro, município Oeiras do Pará.

Abstract

The study entitled, Histories, Memories, Education and (R)Existence: between knowledge and actions of/in the Bailique Center quilombo, Oeiras do Pará municipality, aims to analyze the traditional knowledge as a way of (r)existence from quilombola women and men, the expertise referring to the planting practice, harvesting, creating and preserving, related to the nature and the inhabitants’ relationship forms of this quilombola with such knowledge, which constitute the socialcultural and historical processes of this community. Methodologically, it was sought theoretical assistance in authors works that approach themes related to the orality, memory, (r)existence and traditional and cultural knowledge, among which the following stand out: LEFF (2006), MUÑOZ (2007), SANTOS (2005), PINTO (2004, 2010), DOMINGUES (2017), PORTELLI (2016), HALL (2003), PORTO-GONÇALVES (2015), among others, that were of great importance for the study referrals. Added to the field research, through observation in lócus, small talks, always in search of women’s and men’s traces and experiences and the relationship that they establish with nature. Thus, it was decided to carry out a qualitative research using oral history methods, which by aiming to set out investigative work procedures, making it possible to interpret and dialogue with the history, helped in the cultural and environmental knowledge understanding. Likewise, the social group struggles in study by the territory domain, for existence, better living conditions, recognition and appreciation of their cultural identity. Research data indicate that the nature is their root, their strengthening, their sense of living, so the natural environment is associated with personal and community belonging, above all, based on an ecological awareness notion associated with the human existence need or many families in the settlement. We also observed that in the village’s routine the local environment is diversified in knowledge of traditional learning, noted by the ways of residents’ being and living, the relationships that they have with the environment, in daily practices, mainly, with regard to the natural resources usage and preservation, which are ecological knowledge, typical of the local culture.